Curriculum Vitae
Education
BA, University of Michigan. September 2009 - May 2013
- Major: Linguistics
- Minor: Near Eastern Studies (Arabic)
MA, North Carolina State University. September 2014 -
- English, Concentration in Linguistics
Research Interests
- Phonetics
- Sociophonetics
- Acoustic and perceptual phonetics
- Articulation
- Language, gender and sexuality
Conference presentations
- NWAV44 2015 in Toronto, Paper Presentation, Social and acoustic factors in the perception of creak
- SECOL82 2015 in Raleigh, Paper Presentation, Creating gender-ambiguous stimuli
- NWAV42 2013 in Pittsburgh, Poster, Gender and formality effects on the production of vocal fry
Research Positions
- 2014 – RA in the Phonology Lab under the direction of Dr. Jeff Mielke.
- 2013 – RA for Harim Kwon on a project on Voice Onset Time in Korean
- 2013 – Research intern for the Accent Reduction Institute
- 2012 – RA for Dr. Robin Queen on her book on language and the media, Vox Popular
- 2012 – RA for Jon Yip, on an ultrasound project with consonant clusters in Modern Greek
- 2011 – RA for Dr. Robin Queen, on a project on discourse analysis of Postsecret Forums
- 2011 – RA for Dr. Ioulia Kovelman’s Language and Literacy Lab
- 2010 - Research support for Dr. Marlyse Baptista, or her research on creolistics and syntax.
- 2009-2010 - Undergraduate Research Opportunity project with Dr. Carmel O’Shannessy, working on the morphology of Light Warlpiri
Workshops
- September 2015 – Created and led a workshop on basic Praat scripting with Eric Wilbanks
Service and Engagement
- Diversity Ambassador for the North Carolina Language and Life Program at North Carolina State University
- Worked as an organizer for the 2013 Linguistic Summer Institute in Ann Arbor
- President of University of Michigan Undergraduate Linguistics Club 2011-2013
- University of Michigan Linguistics Undergraduate Committee 2010-2013
- Helped create a volunteer tutoring program through the Undergraduate Linguistics Club
- Events organized for undergraduates (and high schoolers):
- Undergraduate-oriented talks by faculty members and graduate students at Linguistics Club meetings
- Colloquium breakfasts with visiting colloquium speakers
- Practice sessions with local high schoolers for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)
- Worked with the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad 2010-2012
Teaching and Tutoring Experience
- Teaching assistant at North Carolina State University:
- ENG210 – Intro to Linguistics with Dr. Agnes Bolonyai
- ENG324 – English Syntax with Dr. Robin Dodsworth
- ENG525 – Language and Variation with Dr. Walt Wolfram
- Writing consultant in the Graduate Writing Center at North Carolina State University Spring 2014
- Tutored through the volunteer Linguistics Club tutoring program 2010-2013
- Tutored student-athletes through the Academic Success Program in the Athletics Department 2010-2013
Skills
Languages
- English
- French
- Arabic
Software
- Praat scripting
- Java
- Python
- Unix Command Line
- LaTex
- R
- Psychopy
Laboratory skills
- Acoustic analysis
- Forced alignment
- Perception experiment design
- Ultrasound